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	SORTER
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	THE FORTRAN PROGRAM SORTER SERVES AS A LINK BETWEEN THE RELATED
	PROGRAMS SURVEY AND CROSS.  IT PRODUCES A PRELIMINARY TABULATION
	OF THE DATA READ INTO A FILE BY THE PROGRAM SURVEY AND FACILI-
	TATES THE ANALYSIS OF THE DATA BY THE PROGRAM CROSS.  OUTPUT CAN
	BE EITHER TO THE USER TERMINAL OR TO THE LINE PRINTER.


      PROGRAM SORTER

      DESCRIPTION
	THIS PROGRAM TABULATES THE CODED RESPONSES TO EACH QUESTION OF
	A QUESTIONNAIRE BY FREQUENCIES OR PERCENTAGES OR BOTH.

      SOURCE
	NORMAN W. JOHNSON, DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, WHEATON COLLEGE,
	NORTON, MASS.

      INSTRUCTIONS
	THE CODED RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE SHOULD BE READ FROM
	CARDS AND WRITTEN INTO AN ASCII DATA FILE BY THE PROGRAM SURVEY.

	THE PROGRAM WILL REQUEST THREE PIECES OF INFORMATION TO BE
	ENTERED FROM THE TERMINAL.  THE FIRST IS THE NAME OF THE DATA
	FILE.  THE SECOND IS THE RANGE OF QUESTIONS TO BE TABULATED.
	THE USER SHOULD ENTER EITHER THE WORD "ALL", TWO NUMBERS JOINED
	BY A HYPHEN TO INDICATE A BLOCK OF CONSECUTIVE QUESTIONS, OR
	ONE NUMBER FOR A SINGLE QUESTION.  THE LAST ITEM REQUIRED CON-
	SISTS OF ONE OR TWO OUTPUT OPTION NUMBERS SPECIFYING THE TABLES
	DESIRED, AS FOLLOWS:

		0--DESCRIPTION ONLY
		1--FREQUENCIES
		2--PERCENTAGES

	CROSS-TABULATIONS MAY BE DONE AND VARIOUS STATISTICAL MEASURES
	COMPUTED BY RUNNING THE PROGRAM CROSS.

	THIS PROGRAM ASSUMES THAT INPUT IS FROM THE DISK AND OUTPUT IS
	TO THE USER TERMINAL.  IF A DIFFERENT OUTPUT DEVICE, SUCH AS THE
	LINE PRINTER, IS TO BE USED, IT SHOULD BE ASSIGNED LOGICAL UNIT
	5 PRIOR TO RUNTIME.
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